I have a shelter

These farmlands are mainly planted with wheat, and a lot of beans are planted in the distance. It seems that the situation is just as the refugees who fled to the shelter said, there are many people living here.

"I didn't expect that the fields here are all cultivated. It seems that compared with the valley, the disaster here is much lighter." Looking at the fields, George couldn't help but sigh.

The situation here is indeed better than that in the west of the valley. And the zombie tide only became frequent after the fall of the capital. Previously, the main problems faced by most areas were famine and plague, but the areas closer to Yongfeng City were all parishes of the cathedral, so many plagues were also contained.

So, in fact, in the entire Rodunk Kingdom, the disaster suffered by the valley is one of the most serious places.

Among them, the most serious is the Rat Territory, which is rich in grain.

A whisper rang in his ear: "If the Rat-Dwelling Territory produces a lot of food, wouldn't all our arrangements in the valley for so many years be in vain?"

Tanya didn't hear what Hillyak said, she thought George was talking to her: "My great servant. Look at how much the fields have reduced their production. My lady and I have been here before - it's called Mufeng Manor, and it's Baron Sandy's land"

Speaking of this, Tanya fell into memories: "I remember that the fields here were connected to Yongfeng City at that time, and the pastures in the north were full of cattle and horses. I don't know how many people it can feed now."

George nodded.

The valley has always been famous for its abundant food and fertile soil and water. When people can't eat, the first place they can think of is probably the Anning Valley guarded by Yongfeng City.

In the eyes of the demons, it would be better for everyone to run to the valley. They will all become nutrients for the blood descendants in the blood moon and the foundation of the corrupt army.

When the team approached, Aji returned to the team and whispered in George's ear: "A bunch of scum."

After hearing this, Tanya in front turned back and glared at the two guys: "Baron Sandy is Miss Elizabeth's distant nephew. Let's be polite later. Baron Sandy will definitely entertain us when he sees me. - George, we have agreed to do what I say. Otherwise, do you plan to fight all the way there?"

George scratched his head and said: "Then let's go to Wen. If that guy can listen, we don't have to send anyone when they go to the shelter."

Not long after, the manor seemed to hear the footsteps that resounded through the wilderness in the fog, so the alarm sounded. When the team walked out of the fog and entered the vicinity of the city wall, the guards on the sentry tower saw that the team was human, not a tide of zombies. Instead of being relieved, they became more nervous.

Although the equipment of these Black Lake soldiers is not up to the Storm level, only the sergeant major is equipped with Black Lake armor, and most of them are wearing half-body Black Lake armor with chain mail, which is the equipment of Elizabeth's weapons. So such weapons can be regarded as the elite of the great nobles. It is only slightly worse than the most elite troops in the hands of the Duke.

More than 3,000 people, the population of the entire manor is just this much, which makes all the guards of the manor feel that a large army is approaching.

A Black Lake knight in the team came to the gate and explained his purpose in a clever way. And reported the name of Elizabeth.

Their costumes and flags are exactly the same as those of the Black Pearl troops. The old soldiers are also from Elizabeth's vassals. The words they say are reasonable and well-founded, which makes people not suspicious.

So after hearing that this team was called by the Duke to escort food and grass to the Green Water City, the guards' vigilance was reduced a lot.

Not long after, several guys dressed as knights climbed up the city wall. He looked at the black pearl flags in the team and hesitated slightly. After talking to the Black Lake Knight, he confirmed the identity of the team. But the meaning of the words was a polite refusal. The team was allowed to camp outside the manor, and the manor would provide some supplies. The implication was that the door would not be opened.

After hearing this, Tanya, who was not far away, rode up and called out the name of a knight who had not spoken - he turned out to be the 'Baron Sandy' here. And he was a branch of the Black Pearl Family.

Strictly speaking, they were all family.

Baron Sandy did not expect that Miss Tanya would lead the team, and the two of them actually exchanged greetings. There was a bit of sighing in the words. And what surprised George was that it seemed that in the eyes of this nobleman, this confidant of Elizabeth was not as simple as a knight.

It seemed that as Tanya said, she could indeed represent Elizabeth with full authority.

The genealogy between the nobles has always been very confusing. Although George and the others have experienced a life-and-death battle, in the battle in the nest, and in the subsequent interactions, they have understood each other's inner thoughts. But they had only known each other for a short time, so George didn't know much about Tanya's family background.

And she didn't want to talk much.

It was only when he was drunk a few times that he learned that her father had some connections with Elizabeth, and he was a great nobleman.

It was common for some nobles to pass their children to their allies for training. The higher the status of the noble, the more different the status of the knights around him would be. The personal knight of the King's Guard around the king or the crown prince might be the son of a duke, and this relationship established since childhood would also make the relationship between the nobles more solid.

[The personal knight is not the Black Pearl Knight Commander, but he has a higher and more special status than the Knight Commander]

How can a knight who wandered and fell into the Black Pearl Manor rise to the top and become the most important person around Elizabeth? She is the king of the valley.

George remembered this explanation. And Elizabeth's confidence and trust in Tanya should not be groundless.

He has been misled by Tanya's call to Elizabeth as "master". This is the name of the queen for all blood descendants. Although, at the moment of becoming a blood descendant, they have an extremely respected king in their hearts, but this does not mean that everything they threw away has nothing to do with them anymore.

George listened attentively beside Tanya and thought. Tanya's face gradually darkened. She didn't expect that this guy would refuse in the end and didn't give her face. This really surprised her. She couldn't help but say to the 'servant' beside her: "George, I boasted. I'm afraid no one will entertain us today."

"No, my Lord Knight, I bet he will prepare a more sumptuous dinner later." At this point, the servant waved his finger. Then he rode his horse and walked to the door with Alexander.

Two people, one riding a horse and the other standing, looked taller than the other.

"Sir, please leave as soon as possible. Our manor is spreading a plague, which is not convenient for your army to stay. Please wait for me to apologize to Sir Tanya." A knight beside the baron said so, and the baron's face was already very impatient. And the crossbows and bows in the hands of the guards beside him have also been slowly raised.

"You bunch of country people, listen to me." The young servant looked at the people above, his face was extremely arrogant and perverse: "My master will sleep on a feather bed tonight."

As soon as the voice fell, the tall knight had raised his big foot, and then the door suddenly shattered with a loud bang!

The echo of the explosion brought a dead silence, and a few arrows were shot into the ground, but it seemed that they were shot accidentally.

In this moment of dead silence, the servant had already followed the knight to push open the broken door and walked into the manor.

The broken door creaked and fell to the ground, and a cloud of dust fell out. The baron came back to his senses at the sound, and jumped up and cursed with a sullen face: "Who told you to shoot arrows! Hurry up and go down to welcome Miss Tanya!!"

Soon, Tanya, Baron Sandy and other "big shots" had already started to greet each other, and George, the servant, acted as the hostess's assistant and arranged the whole team.

Under his command, the Black Lake sergeant directly and roughly took over the place, and the city walls, gates, towers, and even the entire castle gradually erected black pearl flags.

Looking at the Black Lake soldiers who replaced the original guards of the manor, and the beaten black-faced men and women, Baron Sandy's smile to Tanya was very forced.

The strength comparison was too forced. Not to mention the cold male and female knights who wore black battle robes and armor and said nothing, they looked terrified from the bottom of their hearts. Even those guys called Black Lake Knights wore better armor than themselves!

As for the dozen knights of his own, some of them even wore chain mail

Indeed, although many of the Black Lake Knights did not equip the Dawn Armor, before leaving, the shelter modified the heirlooms of all the nobles in the valley! So their equipment is better than the thin-skinned dreadnought armor of the first generation of white robe knights.

The equipment of the soldiers on both sides is also too different. The guards' attire has not even formed a standard. Most people look worse than the soldiers in Gavi's hands. They are completely militia-level broken things-leather with some iron sheets sewn on them.

To be honest, when they seized control, the guards looked at the aggressive bandits and did not resist at all. However, the old soldiers were not in a good mood. Those who were slow and complained were beaten.

At this time, Baron Sandy already knew that they had all become prisoners

He never expected that this would be the result! These people simply did not have the demeanor of aristocrats!

But it was strange, these were Miss Elizabeth's private soldiers, and they were used to being arrogant and domineering. Besides, Miss Tanya was leading the team today

The temper of this young lady was even more difficult to provoke than that of Miss Elizabeth. When Baron Sandy thought of her father, he felt a headache.

He was unlucky today

The nobleman still maintained his proper demeanor, turning a blind eye to the teams of Black Lake soldiers, and very gentlemanly ordered the servants to prepare the dinner, and like a real master, let the disarmed knights and guards arrange the barracks for the "guests".

As he gave instructions, he invited Tanya and her knights to visit his manor. As he saw the quality of the Black Lake soldiers compared to his own people, his attitude became more and more enthusiastic.

Completely opposite to the beginning.

It can be seen that many houses in the manor are temporary, and many are even simple sheds, similar to the slums by the river. The population, including guards and servants, is only two or three thousand people, and young and strong men account for the vast majority, and there are almost no old people.

In this manor, there are workshops, mills, bakeries, blacksmith shops, and a small church. It is a typical castle manor. If the residents' houses were not so simple and lacked streets, it could be called a town.

In fact, most manors do not have so many farmhouses. Because a standard barony often has tens of thousands of acres of land (actually only a dozen square kilometers). The population is scattered in various farms, and only the main buildings are built in the core manor, which is convenient for collecting mill taxes, baking taxes and other messy fees (people have to pay to borrow mills, even baking bread).

As Tanya said, the fields here have always been bordering the farm fields belonging to Yongfeng City.

And because it is located in the plains, although the fields are not as fertile as the valley, there are many arable fields. Before the fog, there were herds of cattle and horses here, and the resting arable fields would be used as pastures. There is even a special horse farm in the north.

Therefore, the population is very scattered, and there are not many densely populated towns in the entire western border. The reason why this manor has such a large population now is entirely because the population of the surrounding farms has gathered here.

This makes it impossible to cultivate the fields in the distance, and in the fog, people dare not go far. There are not many cultivated fields.

In addition, the land near the manor has been in use and has not been rotated. The weather is getting worse and worse, making the overall output far less than before. It can only be said that it is enough to support the people in the manor.

But vassals serve in the army and provide taxes for the feudal lord. Now there is a war again.

In order to complete the task, not only a large amount of food must be provided, but also cattle that produce leather, sheep that produce wool, and even military horses must be maintained. The living conditions of the residents of the manor are naturally self-evident.

Those livestock eat better than people, and there is a stench between the simple sheds and farmhouses.

People often starve to death, and in order to maintain the number of young and strong people, refugees are often accepted here.

But living in this shelter is just a way to survive for two more years. In the dying crowd, the Black Lake soldiers saw pairs of desperate eyes.

Indeed, the disaster that the valley has to endure is more serious, even much more serious. But the people in the valley live better than those outside.

Because the valley has never experienced real famine.

"Black tide? You mean those zombies." Baron Sandy said, "Occasionally, there will be, but they won't stay here for too long."

George, who was listening on the side, nodded. The monsters they encountered on the road were indeed very scattered. And there were indeed few monsters near this manor. It seems that the guards here often take people to deal with them.

'It seems that the governance of the various territories in the West is similar to that of the former Rat Territory. And because there are no blasphemers and no serious corruption and pollution. There is also more cultivated land. However, because livestock were to be domesticated, livestock were more important than people, and the lords had not realized that the number of people was decreasing due to the supplement of refugees, which made the ratio of food to livestock increasingly unbalanced, and famine was spreading. Gradually, a vicious circle was formed. '

The Duke still had a high degree of control over the entire Western Territory, and the lords did not dare to slaughter cattle and horses at will, which enabled the Duke's armed forces to be maintained and ready to fight at any time.

In addition, because the Western Territory has always focused on animal husbandry, although the residents eat less and less, they are not short of winter clothes.

"However, the zombie siege has been longer recently than in previous years. Whenever the zombie tide comes, it is impossible to go out to work for a long time. Many livestock have starved to death." Baron Sandy sighed, full of despair for the autumn harvest: "This year's livestock task is okay, but the food task may not be completed."

The interior of the manor is not large, and it has been a circle for a while, and it is completely dark. At this time, the work of the Black Lake soldiers was almost done, and temporary tents were set up. Large torches were lit around, illuminating the entire manor.

The guards had already worked with the servants and serfs to carry out firewood and other supplies and lighted large bonfires.

On the way, George saw people slaughtering cattle and sheep. Obviously, Baron Sandy had already arranged it. It seems that not only them, but also the Black Lake soldiers can eat meat today.

No wonder the baron was unwilling to entertain his own family. The army would be stationed here for one day, and the manor would be in trouble for one day. The situation this year is already bad, and it is really impossible to entertain guests.

However, it is useless to keep those cattle and sheep. Those killed are all sick and old cattle and sheep. Tomorrow, when the Knight of Judgment leads the refugees here to migrate, they can't take them all away.

Of course, Baron Sandy still doesn't know what George and others are thinking. He has calculated the sunk cost, and the smile on his face reappeared while reminiscing with Tanya. Soon, Tanya and some knights entered the castle under the hospitality of Baron Sandy. George and other "servants" stayed behind under Tanya's "instructions" and took a final tour.

When passing by a farmhouse, George stood at the window and looked inside, and saw three or four sheep and seven or eight chickens inside.

A long head stretched out, opening its mouth as if to eat George's hair, but before it could reach it, it was slapped by a hand, and then it calmed down under the touch of that hand.

It was only then that George realized that Aji appeared beside him - perhaps this bodyguard had always been there, but he just didn't notice it.

He looked at the horse head in Aji's arms, and his eyes became strange.

Thanks to 'Fei Zhai 123' for the 2000 reward!